2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
Conditions
of
approval
for
site-
specific
development
within
the
Baylands
will
require
irrigation
systems
to
be
maintained
in
proper
working
order.
Installation
of
alarm
or
monitoring
systems
would
be
one
means
of
achieving
that
requirement.
Burrowing
owl
surveys
would
be
implemented
prior
to
implementation
of
the
site
remediation
at
the
Baylands,
preceding
construction
or
development
of
the
site.
All
actions
taken
to
prepare
the
site
for
remediation
are
under
the
purview
of
the
City
of
Brisbane
as
a
responsible
agency
pursuant
to
the
Remedial
Action
Plan
and
the
overall
development
program
for
the
Baylands.
As
such,
the
City
will
be
notified
as
a
matter
of
course
whenever
surveys
are
implemented
leading
up
to
the
remediation.
The
remediation
actions
will
remove
substrate
over
the
majority
of
the
Baylands.
The
proposed
location
of
tall
buildings
is
in
the
northern
portion
of
the
site,
and
in
a
concentrated
area.
The
conservative
threshold
of
100
feet
was
set
in
the
Draft
EIR.
Given
that
industrial
buildings
that
are
typically
40-60
feet
tall
do
not
require
accommodation
for
avian
flight,
lowering
the
standard
to
50
feet
has
no
technical
basis
or
precedence.
Because
the
proposed
location
of
tall
buildings
within
the
Baylands
focuses
on
the
northern
portion
of
the
site
that
contains
existing
industrial
buildings
(although
of
a
height
less
than
40-60
feet),
a
building
height
of
100
feet
was
selected
as
the
threshold
for
requiring
consultation
with
a
biologist.
Cogeneration
is
the
process
whereby
a
single
fuel
source,
such
as
natural
gas,
is
used
to
produce
both
electrical
and
thermal
energy.
By
definition,
an
onsite
cogeneration
system
is
more
efficient
than
a
utility
operated
central
power
plant
since
thermal
energy
that
would
otherwise
be
wasted
is
captured
for
use
at
the
facility.
The
result
is
a
much
more
efficient
use
of
fuel.
While
the
use
of
co-generation
could
reduce
the
energy
use
and
air
pollutant/GHG
emissions
associated
with
Project
Site
development
scenarios,
BAAQMD’s
CEQA
Guidelines
do
not
list
this
method
as
a
feasible
mitigation
measure
to
include
in
EIRs,
but
rather
recommend
“cooperation
between
neighboring
development
projects
to
use
on-site
renewable
energy
supplies
or
combined
heat
and
power
co-generation
facilities.”
The
City
will
nevertheless
include
consideration
of
cogeneration
facilities
in
Mitigation
Measures
4.B-4
and
4.F-1.
Table
7-1
is
organized
so
as
to
identify
the
relationship
between
the
10
sustainability
principles
identified
in
the
One
Planet
Living
Concept
used
in
the
City’s
draft
sustainability
goals
for
the
Brisbane
Baylands
(
Sustainability
Goals
for
the
Baylands
,
April
2013),
relevant
CEQA
topics
addressed
in
the
Draft
EIR,
and
required
mitigation
measures.
For
each
of
the
10
sustainability
principles
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.3-138
May
2015